Stunning Portraits Of Europe's Modern Nomads{IMAGES}

[xchrom]

http://www.businessinsider.com/iain-mckell-new-gypsies-portraits-2014-9

McKell began photographing the group in 1985 when he saw them on TV participating in a standoff with the police at Stonehenge. He got a press pass and went into the camp, where he spoke with people and took portraits. McKell says he was interested in the juxtaposition of counterculture against a backdrop of beautiful nature.



Sixteen years later, McKell decided to start documenting them again in an effort to get out of the city and work on something new. "Initially, they thought I was a tourist," he tells Business Insider. But eventually, he won them over with prints of his work and a bottle of Jack Daniels. He would photograph them for the next nine years.



McKell says that these new-age nomads make money working festivals around Europe. "They're not in your face, there's no posturing. They do their thing quietly, 24/7," McKell explains. "They've fully bought in to being free."



The nomads especially reject the world's dependency on oil-burning modes of transportation, doing so by traveling by horse only. He tells us that they love the slow lifestyle.

[Historic NY]

1. Jack Daniels, helped, indeed.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Here's a link to the entire book. Stunning indeed. Thanks, xchrom.

http://iainmckell.iainmckell.com/Book-The-New-Gypsies


This renewed my faith in humanity.

Love, Peace and Shelter.
~ littlemissmartypants

[xchrom]

3. ...

[NBachers]

6. Thanks for the link. I get the impression of Mad Max characters meet Charles Dickens characters.

[JaneyVee]

4. Looking like Game of Thrones characters.

Awesome!

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

5. All Well and Good

Until a caravan of 35 people arrive, and make the local public park their home for six months. Sewerage issues, anyone?